Zg640. Sometime on our walk down-river in the Sinalang Cove Valley, it was not so easy. I was hurting from my fall and I’ll be 82 years young in two month and we were sweating like pigs.
Loss of the gasoline supplies heightened Fort Frank’s critical fuel problem. To conserve fuel, Colonel Boudreau called for volunteers to return to the mainland and repair the blown water pipe. A party of 15 men landed later that day and began to repair the water pipe. While so engaged they were attacked by a number of Japanese, but assisted by Fort Frank’s 75mm gut beat off the attack, killing 25 to 30 of the enemy. The engagement however prevented the water line from being repaired.